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natural object

Noun

Meaning

an object occurring naturally; not made by man

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Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function. Moshe Safdie

To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons. John Herschel

Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe to a judge, or avarice to old age. Jonathan Swift

Man naturally loves justice, for its own sake, as the natural object of his conscience. As the mind loves truth and beauty, so conscience loves the right; it is true and beautiful to the moral faculties. Theodore Parker

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